Vendeur : Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket, 350pp. N° de réf. du vendeur 270883
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Vendeur : Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, Royaume-Uni
hardback. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a near fine tightly bound copy in a near fine pictorial dust wrapper, the text is clean and unmarked, 350pp. N° de réf. du vendeur 244086
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Vendeur : Wykeham Books, LONDON, Royaume-Uni
Cloth, black cover-titles within frame, 8vo, 24 cm, x, 350 pp, ills. From the blurb: "In 'The Company We Kept' Barbara Kaye told the story of how the old established antiquarian book firm of Elkin Mathews survived the war years after evacuation to rural Essex in 1939. Now she carries on the story from 1945 to 1955, when Elkin Mathews expanded and her bibliophile husband, Percy Muir, became increasingly involved in the national and international politics of the antiquarian book trade. It was during this time that the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) was formed and the description of Percy Muir's part in this process provides a fascinating account of an historic event. Percy Muir became president of the ILAB in 1950 and on his retirement from office he was unanimously elected Life President of Honor. The Muirs' commitment to the ILAB meant they were often traveling to Europe to attend the annual conferences, which they combined with book-buying trips and sometimes even family holidays. The towns and cities they visited were just under reconstruction and the author describes the devastation and destruction caused by the war. At home the village where the Muirs lived was also changing, and the author gives a clear picture of daily life in a typical English village during the post-war decade. There are also several interesting accounts of the local and national political scenes.In 1951 the Muirs visited the United States for a lecture tour. The account of their four-week whirlwind tour is filled with bibliophilic adventures - from meeting Dr. Rosenbach and Fredson Bowers to dinner at the Four Oaks Farm Library and a visit to the Library of Congress. The book ends with a factual description of Percy Muir's long-fought campaign against book auction rings, culminating in the final show-down in 1956. Well-written by an accomplished novelist this book provides a lively and entertaining account of the antiquarian book world and English village life in the post-war years." Fine in slightly marked dustwrapper. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-10738
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Vendeur : BRIMSTONES, Lewes, Royaume-Uni
1st edition, hardback, 8vo, x,350pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper (not price-clipped). ISBN: 0907961088. N° de réf. du vendeur 471379
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Vendeur : Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. x + 350pp, illustrated, bound in grey cloth with fine dustwrapper. New book originally published at £17.95; Octavo. N° de réf. du vendeur 70346
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Vendeur : Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, Royaume-Uni
1st ed. Presentation inscription by author (Barbara Muir, widow of Percy Muir of Elkin Matthews) on front free end paper; binding tight; dust jacket bright, not price-clipped Used - Very Good. Signed copy VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. Signed copy VG hardback in VG dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur BOOKS195445I
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Vendeur : Ralph Carter Books, Herne Bay, KENT, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Black & White photographic (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Signed by the author ( Mrs.Percy Muir ) on the title page ; following on from the author's previous book - The Company We Kept ; the story of Elkin Mathews- antiquarian booksellers ; no other inscriptions ; foxing on top page edges o/w very good + . Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 000743
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Vendeur : Fireside Bookshop, Stroud, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Type: Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 046397
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Vendeur : Jane & John Kinnaird, Carlisle, Royaume-Uni
x + 350pp, with a few b/w illus. Elkin Mathews and Percy Muir. Cloth boards in very slightly worn d/w. 23x16cms. N° de réf. du vendeur 466
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Vendeur : Biblioasis, Windsor, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Very good or better in near fine jacket. Signed by Kaye on title page. Minor looseness of the spine with very minor wear to grey cloth at head of spine. Else, a tight and clean copy. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 013280
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